Why Eonon can get your money’s worth? There’re some expensive famous brands in car audio market like Pioneer, they are also very similar to our Eonon unit. But we would like to take a full comparison for you, since Eonon is so confident and proud of our decent and affordable products, through this detailed review, you can easily find the real truth behind. Eonon can even compare to big brand. Hope it really helps you when making desicion.
1. Appearance:
Eonon Pioneer
They both have 6.95 inch screen and standard ISO 2 Din size. There’s no space for DVD gateway, so they both use Motorized Slide Down Control Panel to hide the DVD gateway behind. The buttons in the panel are similar, but Eonon unit has the USB output outside the unit, and hide the MIC input. It’s very user friendly.
2. Input & Output:
Eonon
Pioneer
Both of them have all the frequently used inputs & outputs. But the inputs and outputs are assembled in different ways. One is assembled directly to the back of the unit while another is with cables.
Eonon:
It reserves lots of Radiating Area for power amplifier, and will have great radiating effect. It looks a bit complicated but, actually it’s very convenient for wiring cables and very easy to understand.
Pioneer:
The Radiating Area is smaller. And the cables need to be connected to the back of the unit, it will easily cause the block of the internal parts.
3. UI
- Menu:
Eonon Pioneer
Eonon:
UI is clean and to the point. It’s easier to find the most frequent used buttons.
Pioneer:
All the buttons are put together, it will more likely to make you puzzled and cause the incorrect manipulation.
-System setting
Eonon Pioneer
Eonon:
It uses picture & icons, which are more vivid and easy, you can even set the parameters without reading the manual guide
Pioneer:
It uses traditional dropdown list.
- Radio
2 different styles of radio UI design.
Eonon Pioneer
Eonon:
D2205 has nearly all the other options for easy operation. You can search and store the favorite radio channels at ease., and choose the right one to listen to conveniently.
Pioneer:
P4250 includes additional EQ set while Eonon doesn’t.
4. Screen effect
Eonon Pioneer
The display effect of Pioneer is a bit more clear. although they have the same resolution 800 * RGB * 480.
5. Sound effect Parameter:
S/N rate of Eonon D2205:
CD ≥ 90DB
USB/SD ≥ 90DB
DVD ≥90DB
FM/AM≥ 55/47DB
We admit that the Pioneer unit has better sound effect.
S/N rate of Pioneer P4250:
CD ≥ 96DB
USB/SD ≥ 95DB
DVD ≥95DB
FM/AM≥ 72/62DB
6. Bluetooth:
Eonon
Eonon:
It allows you to pair the phone with the DVD directly. What’s more, it has a phone book to enable easy search of names.
Pioneer:
It needs a Bluetooth adaptor to make it work.
7. iPod
Eonon Pioneer
Eonon:
It can show the song title, but without artist name, album tile or any other info.
Pioneer:
It can clearly display the Song title, Artist name, album tile, etc.
8. Other features:
Eonon
Eonon:
It has additional screen shot & desktop switch feature.
Pioneer:
It doesn’t include this customized feature.
All of the above is analysis of external part. Let’s go ahead to discover the internal assembly technology.
9. Key parts:
-CPU:
Eonon：
R8C CPU, 20MHZ, and 7.5KB RAM+ 128kb Rom flash memory.
Pioneer:
It uses V850E 32bit CPU, with run frequency of 48MHZ, and it has 60KB RAM memory plus 8kb Rom flash memory.
The CPU of Pioneer is a bit better in statistics, while in the process of operation, they have little difference.
-Decoding IC:
Eonon uses the YE8082, Pioneer uses MN103SH13UP, both can support disc format of DVD/SVCD/VCD/CD-DA/HDCD/OKO/CD-ROM, MPEG1/2/4 video decoding.
We also check the chassis, amplifier IC, radio tuner, TV tuner of the unit. Almost the same. It dues to mature development of the car audio industry. Factories use almost the same components, which make the features are now becoming increasingly affordable and standard of the market.
10. Fabrication technology:
Eonon Pioneer
-PCB Panel
Both PCB panels are good, clean and tidy. The arrangement of the component will not affect the features of the unit basically.
-Internal structure:
Great internal structure will prolong the durability of the unit. For the instrument are based in a car which is always moving and vibrate. Both of their structures are firmly fixed.
Eonon Pioneer
11. Price
Pioneer:
P4250 is around $579 in the market.
Eonon:
D2205 is $239 in our website.
Pioneer has the reasons to cost more, in one hand, Eonon is not as big and famous as Pioneer. In other hand, Eonon is based in Hong Kong, we can lower the cost, while Pioneer is based in Japan where the material and salary are comparatively more expensive. However, with similar features and inside components, Eonon shows its great advantages to you.